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CIO April 23, 2015 Maryfran Johnson |
How to calm your board's nerves about cybersecurity CIOs need to provide their companies' boards of directors with regular, easily understood briefings on data security, and steer the conversation toward the familiar ground of business risk management |
CIO March 30, 2015 Michael Friedenberg |
Security crashes the boardroom party This sharpening of cybersecurity focus has forced corporate boards to have conversations they once considered too technical and back-office-oriented. |
CIO February 19, 2015 |
Security Rises to a CEO-Level Priority The State of the CIO research shows that cybersecurity and enterprise risk are zooming up the charts as high-profile topics on the CIO and CEO agendas, says CIO Publisher Adam Dennison |
CIO March 28, 2014 Minda Zetlin |
Corporate Boards Are Hungry for IT Info From CIOs Many board members want CIOs to give them more and better information -- especially about IT risk. |
Bank Technology News September 2004 Brian O'Connell |
Good Question: Bank Directors Want Answers From CIOs on IT Issues Board members need to know what their banks are doing to remain secure and compliant. More than ever, those answers lie with the IT team, forcing bank directors to become tech-savvy and forge close ties with the CIO. |
CIO November 14, 2012 Kim S. Nash |
CIOs Say Corporate Directors Are Clueless About IT Our exclusive research shows that boards of directors still don't understand the role that IT can play in driving business innovation. It's the CIO's job to change that. |
CIO December 14, 2010 |
Why Boards Need CIOs Suzanne Woosley, a veteran corporate board director, makes the case for CIOs as corporate advisors. |
CIO November 14, 2012 Kim S. Nash |
Boards Want to Learn About Emerging IT Issues Directors admit they aren't adequately engaged in topics such as social media and IT-enabled business innovation |
CIO April 29, 2014 Kim S. Nash |
CIOs Who Serve on Boards Sharpen Their Business Skills Relatively few CIOs sit on external corporate boards. But those who do come back to their day jobs with personal and professional insights that boost their careers -- and give their home companies a competitive edge. |
CIO January 27, 2015 Adam Hartung |
For CIOs, Joining a Board Requires Role Reversal Even if you aren't currently being pursued to fill a board seat, understanding the different roles should help you be better prepared for making board presentations. |
CIO August 27, 2010 Kim S. Nash |
Richard Clarke: Your Company Is a Front in a Future Cyberwar Former White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke thinks the government should do more to defend companies against cyber-threats. |
CIO April 25, 2014 Lucian Constantin |
5 Things You Need to Know About Cybersecurity Insurance Cybersecurity insurance transfers some of the financial risk of a security breach to the insurer. But it doesn't do a good job of covering the reputation damage and business downturn that can be triggered by a security breach. |
CIO October 15, 2003 Ben Worthen |
Security Alerts New warning system taps security contractors for attack data |
CIO October 1, 2005 Ben Worthen |
The Sky Really Is Falling Ed Lazowska, cochairman of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, says that there is a looming security crisis, and the government, vendors and CIOs aren't doing enough to stop it. |
InternetNews February 26, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Obama Proposes Millions for Cybersecurity Security experts are praising the new administration's increased spending on national network security efforts. |
CIO November 14, 2012 Maryfran Johnson |
CIOs: You Can Rescue Your Board Members of the board of directors are dangerously undereducated about IT. We have advice on how to fix that (in ways that will resonate with the directors and not scare them off). |
CFO September 1, 2012 Caroline McDonald |
Reputational Risk Tops Board Worries Directors are taking their companies' good names very seriously. |
Information Today November 7, 2013 George H. Pike |
U.S. Government Releases Proposed Cybersecurity Framework The Obama administration is taking public comments on a proposed framework for improving cybersecurity in communication and other critical industries. |
Insurance & Technology October 12, 2004 Lisa Valentine |
Business Accelerator Gary Scholten, a 2003 Elite 8 honoree, hasn't slowed down since we spoke with him last year. |
CIO February 15, 2002 Abbie Lundberg |
Response Ability How do you respond to a computer security incident? |
Registered Rep. September 11, 2014 Megan Leonhardt |
Cybersecurity Breaches Not Rare, Just Undetected A new study by the North American Securities Administrators Association found only 4 percent of small to mid-sized RIA firms have experienced a cybersecurity attack. |
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2010 Jeanine Catalano et al. |
Effective Strategies to Support Board Deliberations A toolkit of five practical techniques to use when gathering information and considering complex issues. |
CIO December 23, 2008 Carrie Mathews |
Corporate Boards: What You Need to Know Before Joining One Four CIOs share tips on how to make sitting on an outside board work for you. |
HBS Working Knowledge July 11, 2012 Jay Lorsch |
Book Excerpt: 'The Future of Boards' In an excerpt from "The Future of Boards," the author discusses why directors are newly questioning their roles. |
CIO July 20, 2011 Michael Friedenberg |
Pundits Were Right About Mobile Cybersecurity Risks Industry pundits predicted escalating cybersecurity threats, and they were right. |
Chemistry World June 10, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Security experts warn chemical plants are vulnerable to cyber-attacks Security experts are warning that the computers controlling machinery in chemical plants, power stations and other critical infrastructure are vulnerable to attacks from hackers. |
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Marianne Kolbasuk McGee |
CIOs Get Respect Seventy-five percent of global executives believe CIOs have a role to play on boards of directors. |
PC Magazine July 1, 2009 Chloe Albanesius |
Obama's Cyberspace Crackdown The president lays out new online security measures. |
InternetNews November 10, 2009 |
Feds Facing Daily Cyber Threats, Tight Budgets New study highlights shortcomings in federal cybersecurity amid White House policy overhaul. |
InternetNews February 28, 2011 |
CIO Group NASCIO Wants Stronger Cybersecurity The National Association of State CIOs is pushing to keep cybersecurity a high priority. |
CIO August 28, 2015 Mary K. Pratt |
Law firm makes a case for security certification A big law firm handling sensitive documents uses its ISO security certification as a competitive differentiator. |
National Defense April 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Cybersecurity Executive Order Can Only Do So Much; New Legislation Needed, Official Says The order called for the expansion of the Defense Industrial Base Information Sharing Program, in which companies alert the Defense Department to attacks on their systems, and it, in turn, sends out reports on the new threats to all participants. |
National Defense August 2011 Eric Beidel |
Protectors of Critical Networks Look Within For Vulnerabilities The hacker is only one ingredient in a network intrusion. While leaders are rightly concerned about outsiders breaking into their networks, they also realize that their own employees may have as much to do with the next breach as an outsider. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 17, 2007 Malcolm Salter |
Learning from Private-Equity Boards Boards of professionally sponsored buyouts are more informed, hands-on, and interventionist than public company boards. The author argues that this board model could have helped Enron and perhaps your company as well. |
CIO January 5, 2015 Kim S. Nash |
CIOs Need to Snap Out of Complacency Your business colleagues aren't as impressed with you as you are. Our 14th annual State of the CIO research rewrites your priorities for 2015. |
CFO December 1, 2007 Lori Calabro |
Look Who's Not Talking Both company directors and senior managers place a premium on strategic planning. So what keeps them from collaborating on it? |
CIO July 15, 2006 Michael Schrage |
Visibility for the Board With boards of directors under increased scrutiny by regulators and other entities, CIOs should consider creating a digital dashboard that gives them a view into the key performance indicators of the business. |
CIO January 15, 2004 Martha Heller |
Five IT Marching Orders for the Next Administration While CIOs are often wary of government intervention into anything IT, when it comes to a few major issues they agree that a little federal attention could go a long way. |
BusinessWeek June 27, 2005 Joseph Webe |
How The Best Boards Stay Clued In Director John A. Krol says a culture of openness has helped turn Tyco around. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2011 Bryan Hinmon |
Protect Your Portfolio From Cyber Threats Defend your portfolio from The Attack of the Killer e-Tomatoes. |
Information Today October 20, 2015 Barbie E. Keiser |
The Federal Government Turns To Silicon Valley for Tech Support What's needed is input from these experts, but more importantly, a new viewpoint from a young demographic that works in new ways. |
U.S. Banker April 2010 Michael Sisk |
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now. |
Insurance & Technology September 16, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell |
The Elusive Prize: Effective Cross-Selling Only a minority of insurers succeed in crossing lines of business to increase customer wallet share effectively. |
CIO September 28, 2012 |
Big Value from Big Data How CIOs are expanding the benefits that business intelligence can bring the enterprise. |
InternetNews April 2, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Senators Introduce Cybersecurity Overhaul Bill Sens. Rockefeller and Snowe bring forward sweeping bill to revamp federal cybersecurity operations and establish better coordination with businesses. |
National Defense August 2012 Sandra I. Erwin |
Cybersecurity Legislation: Solution or Distraction? After three years of debate and intense horse-trading, four major pieces of cybersecurity legislation have collided on Capitol Hill. Each claims to provide definitive policy and legal answers on how the United States should protect itself from crippling cyber-attacks. |
InternetNews June 30, 2010 |
IT Security Still a People Problem, Experts Say Despite the best efforts of high-tech companies to deploy security defenses across public and private networks, end users often remain the weakest link. |
National Defense June 2011 Stew Magnuson |
When it Comes to Cybersecurity, the 'Who is Responsible for What?' Debate Continues Most experts seem to agree that the U.S. government's collective efforts to secure the Internet from large-scale attacks and other nefarious activities are lacking. |
InternetNews October 21, 2010 |
Cybersecurity Field Needs to 'Professionalize' A panel of experts agreed there's a talent shortfall in cybersecurity, particularly in the government sector, and it's much broader than just technical expertise. |
National Defense March 2014 Stew Magnuson |
Power Companies Struggle to Maintain Defenses Against Cyber-Attacks When experts rank U.S. industries' abilities to ward off potentially damaging cyber-attacks, the electric utilities are normally near the bottom. |